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Arctopus
	Arctopus echinatus, female plant in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Saniculeae
Genus:	Arctopus; L.
Species
	Arctopus dregei Sond.; Arctopus echinatus L.; Arctopus monacanthus Carmich. ex Sond.;

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*Arctopus echinatus*, male plant in flower.

Arctopus is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae, with three species. The genus is endemic to Southern Africa. The genus name means "bears foot" (from ἄρκτος árktos "bear" and πούς pous "foot") in reference to the curious growth habit, resembling a large footprint, if not to the fact that the leaves are fringed with formidable prickles that punish bare feet and grazing.

The species were used in Khoisan medicine and adopted by the early settlers who gave them the Afrikaans name of sieketroos (= "sickness-comfort" i.e. "sickness remedy")^[1]

The species are atypical of the Apiaceae in that the leaves grow flat on the ground, and that the plants are dioecious, with the male and female flowers borne on separate plants.^[2]

Gallery

Paw print of a bear, showing similarity to curious outline of Arctopus foliage - whence genus name

References

^ Magee, A.R; Van Wyk, B.-E; Van Vuuren, S.F (2007). "Ethnobotany and antimicrobial activity of sieketroos (Arctopus species)". South African Journal of Botany. 73: 159–162. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2006.06.009.
^ Magee, Anthony R.; van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Tilney, Patricia M.; van der Bank, Michelle (2008). "A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Endemic Genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 95 (3): 471–486. doi:10.3417/2005174. JSTOR 25488206.

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[1] Magee, A.R; Van Wyk, B.-E; Van Vuuren, S.F (2007). "Ethnobotany and antimicrobial activity of sieketroos (Arctopus species)". South African Journal of Botany. 73: 159–162. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2006.06.009.

[2] Magee, Anthony R.; van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Tilney, Patricia M.; van der Bank, Michelle (2008). "A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Endemic Genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 95 (3): 471–486. doi:10.3417/2005174. JSTOR 25488206.

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+{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{About|the plant|the band|Behold...The Arctopus}}
-| image = Arctopus echinatus P1030649.JPG
+{{Automatic taxobox
-| image_width = 240px
-| image_caption = '' Arctopus echinatus '', native plant in Goegap N.R., South Africa
+|image = Arctopus echinatus female (1).jpg
+|image_caption = ''Arctopus echinatus'', female plant in flower
-| color = lightgreen
+|display_parents = 2
-| name = ''Arctopus''
+|taxon = Arctopus
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
+|subdivision_ranks = Species
-| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
+|subdivision =
-| ordo = [[Apiales]]
+*''[[Arctopus dregei]]'' <small>Sond.</small>
-| familia = [[Apiaceae]]
-| genus = '''''Arctopus'''''
+*''[[Arctopus echinatus]]'' <small>L.</small>
+*''[[Arctopus monacanthus]]'' <small>Carmich. ex Sond.</small>
-| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
+|}}
-| subdivision_ranks = Species
+[[File:Arctopus echinatus IMG 0487.JPG|thumb|''Arctopus echinatus'', male plant in flower.]]
-| subdivision =
+'''''Arctopus''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Apiaceae]], with three species. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Southern Africa]]. The genus name means "bears foot" (from {{wikt-lang|grc|ἄρκτος}} {{grc-tr|ἄρκτος}} "bear" and {{wikt-lang|grc|πούς}} ''pous'' "foot") in reference to the curious growth habit, resembling a large footprint, if not to the fact that the leaves are fringed with formidable prickles that punish bare feet and grazing.
-*''[[Arctopus dregei]]''
-*''[[Arctopus echinatus]]''
-*''[[Arctopus monacanthus]]''
-}}
+The species were used in [[Khoisan]] medicine and adopted by the early settlers who gave them the Afrikaans name of ''sieketroos'' (= "sickness-comfort" i.e. "sickness remedy")<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.sajb.2006.06.009|title=Ethnobotany and antimicrobial activity of sieketroos (Arctopus species)|journal=South African Journal of Botany|volume=73|pages=159–162|year=2007|last1=Magee|first1=A.R|last2=Van Wyk|first2=B.-E|last3=Van Vuuren|first3=S.F|doi-access=free}}</ref>
-'''''Arctopus''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Apiaceae]], with 3 species. It is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[southern Africa]].
+The species are atypical of the Apiaceae in that the leaves grow flat on the ground, and that the plants are [[Dioecy|dioecious]], with the male and female flowers borne on separate plants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Magee|first=Anthony R.|last2=van Wyk|first2=Ben-Erik|last3=Tilney|first3=Patricia M.|last4=van der Bank|first4=Michelle|date=2008|title=A Taxonomic Revision of the South African Endemic Genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae)|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|volume=95|issue=3|pages=471–486|jstor=25488206|doi=10.3417/2005174}}</ref>
-{{Apiales-stub}}
-[[Category:Apiaceae]]
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>File:Black bear (Ursus americanus) track at the Hidden Lakes of the Pasayten Wilderness..jpg|Paw print of a bear, showing similarity to curious outline of ''Arctopus'' foliage - whence genus name</gallery>
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q4787644}}
+[[Category:Apioideae]]
+[[Category:Dioecious plants]]
+[[Category:Apioideae genera]]
+{{Apiaceae-stub}}